dnak » book http://www.dnak.com/blog Dave Nakayama's take on music & more Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:11:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Omnivore’s Dilemma http://www.dnak.com/blog/2008/05/the-omnivores-dilemma/ http://www.dnak.com/blog/2008/05/the-omnivores-dilemma/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 07:21:15 +0000 dnak http://www.dnak.com/?p=38 Continue reading →]]> Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma opened my eyes to the massive changes we have made to our own food supply with possibly detrimental consequences.  How did we manage to engineer the ruminant cow, a miracle of nature that can convert grass into protein, into an accessory to our growing dependence on petroleum and subsidized corn?  And the descriptions “100% natural grain-finished beef”, “organic chicken”, “eggs from organic hens” have much different meanings to me now.
I don’t think I will ever look at food the same way again.

I encourage you to buy and read this book.

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